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Banking encompasses the digital systems and networks that manage financial transactions, customer accounts, credit issuance, and investment services. These systems handle sensitive data such as account numbers, transaction histories, and personal identification details, relying on interconnected payment gateways and APIs that require continuous availability and data integrity to function correctly.
Security concerns focus on preventing unauthorized access to online banking portals, protecting transaction processing from manipulation, and safeguarding sensitive data from insider threats. Effective defenses include multi-factor authentication, encryption of data both in transit and at rest, and real-time monitoring of transactions to detect anomalies. Maintaining strict access controls and promptly addressing software vulnerabilities are critical to preserving trust and operational stability in banking environments.
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Zimperium found RedWing, an Android spyware sold as a service via Telegram to target banking apps
A new banking fraudulent operation is targeting customers of Mexican banks, fintech, payment processors, and cryptocurrency exchanges using ClickFix lures
RedWing: The Android Banking Trojan You Can Rent on Telegram for Less Than a Coffee Subscription Zimperium’s zLabs team has uncovered RedWing, an Android spyware operation sold as a subscription service through Telegram, with links to Russian threat actors and apparent roots in the Oblivion malware family. It comes with documentation, tutorial videos, a referral […]
A new Android malware operation called RedWing is being rented out on Telegram as a ready-made bank-fraud service. It lets even low-skill criminals take over a victim's phone, steal their banking logins, and capture the one-time codes that protect their accounts
A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs identified the campaign in May 2026
FortiGuard says the Brazilian banking trojan Ousaban is targeting Spain and Portugal via phishing
Aflac Japan has notified regulators that policy details and personal and banking information have been compromised
American insurance giant Aflac has disclosed a new data breach after attackers breached its Japan subsidiary's systems and stole personal and bank account information of 4.38 million customers. [...]
Open API could reveal everything an attacker needs to impersonate bank officials
Vital Service Providers Need a Plan to Work Through Internet Outages, CISA SaysCritical U.S. infrastructure like water, power and even banking systems will be successfully hacked by enemy cyber warriors in the event of a military confrontation with a peer adversary like Russia or China, officials from the nation's civilian cyber defense agency said.
Bank of Ireland's Francis Gorman Shares Strategies for Successful Quantum MigrationMost organizations give the migration to quantum-safe cryptography to the CISO. But that puts a cross-business change in the wrong hands. Accountability belongs with senior leaders who can influence the whole enterprise, says Francis Gorman, head of Bank of Ireland's security center of excellence.
A French-speaking attacker broke into a small French automotive business, planted a keylogger, and stole banking and email credentials
GitBait phishing kit abuses GitHub Pages and the SheetBest API to steal Mexican banking credentials
Rokarolla Android malware targets 217 banking and crypto apps, steals credentials, blocks bank calls, intercepts SMS, and disables Play Protect. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers have published a detailed analysis of Rokarolla, a new Android banking trojan named after its command-and-control infrastructure. It spreads through malicious websites masquerading as TikTok and Chrome, one confirmed distribution point being […]
15-year-old among six arrested after Dutch cops target suspected bank fraud call center
Malware Targets Banks, Crypto Platforms and Social MediaNewly surfaced Android-based banking Trojan gives threat actors near-total control over infected devices, letting them steal user credentials for direct access to financial accounts, says researchers. Rokarolla tricks users into side-loading malicious versions of popular, high traffic apps.
A new Android banking trojan named Rokarolla is targeting 217 banking and cryptocurrency applications using an extensive set of 137 commands. [...]
The emerging malware, spread via fake TikTok and Chrome downloads, has evolved by combining banking fraud with extensive device surveillance and remote control.
Rokarolla Android trojan steals banking logins and spies on victims while blocking fraud alerts